I can't find any reviews or sound samples for these recordings anywhere. Are they mostly just jamming, or are the songs actually like songs? Are they worth ordering?

They are both indeed worth purchasing. And, yes, they are (mostly) songs.

I've just got both, (along with Infinty EP, which has a couple of demos), and i enjoy them as much as a regular album. It's really interesting to hear the early stuff (like what became Velvet Kevorkian, or "War" without the guitars!!) as well as "new" songs. And the sound of those demos is really good!
The stuff on those album is like Ocean Machine, but in a more Heavy metal way (The song "Man" on Ocean Machine can give you a first idea). There's nothing like SYL.

they are definitely not as good as an album...
The songs "man" and "ocean machines" are nice though...

I have Ass-Sordid I, and i'd definetly say it's worth the purchase, just for Ocean Machines. Not saying the rest isn't good, but Ocean Machines is just incredible.

maaaan the demos are awesome!!! if i had money i would have purchased them a loooong time ago...

[Blazingmonga]

They are both worth your money, definately.

AS1 has some really strong songs (Ocean Machines is outstanding as well as My Girl or Red Tomorrow) but ultimately these are still demos. AS2 is the disc I listen much more, as all the songs feel much more 'solid' and they are all gems. Worth the money for Thick Stock or Cold.

What am I saying? I dont know, but they are both excellent. Though not up to the quality of the 'demos' on the Christeen EP, the songs on both these discs are very good songs. Some really good music, and you can tell its the same Devy you probably love.

I'd say both of them are worth the money. Not every song is absolutely killer, but as a whole it's still good music all around. A little bit more of a cheesy metal sound to it, but again, as a whole, it's some pretty good stuff.

ill burn you a copy... juuuuust kidding

Yep, Ass-Sordid Demos is worth purchasing for the Ocean Machines track alone. What a riff!!! Amazing

And as for the Chisteen single, it's a must own. Om and Sit in the Mountain are superb, as is the waltz. It's almost another album in its own right.

Yup, the tracks on the Christeen single aren't even "demos" IMO... the sound quality and level of development is equivalent to Infinity. They were just left off the album because Dev was in a strange headspace at the time, or something...

they are definitely not as good as an album...
The songs "man" and "ocean machines" are nice though...

Of course the albums are way better, i meant you can listen to it like you would listen to any album, because he didn't redo any songs to put in regular albums.

And "Ocean machines" is really a great song. It would have been the "Earth day" of Biomech. I dig the song "Soft" too.

As the heating's broken at home, the song Cold off Ass-Sordid 2 hit a special chord with me today as I sat here, freezing in my room. Both Ass-Sordids are damn good albums.

But they're albums as a collection of songs, rather than one flowing 'album' in the Devy sense. That makes them different from his other stuff, but many of the songs on the two albums certainly stand up in their own right and you can hear Dev's inimitable style and humour shining through even in the earliest songs

As the heating's broken at home, the song Cold off Ass-Sordid 2 hit a special chord with me today as I sat here, freezing in my room. Both Ass-Sordids are damn good albums.

But they're albums as a collection of songs, rather than one flowing 'album' in the Devy sense. That makes them different from his other stuff, but many of the songs on the two albums certainly stand up in their own right and you can hear Dev's inimitable style and humour shining through even in the earliest songs

Its summer here now... finally!!

It'd be so weird to have christmas over there, especially when on all our cards we have all the wintery images of snow, frost and people wrapped up warm. That's if you even have cards

Does Santa ride round on a beach buggy in shorts?